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| Grove Writers Dowling, Clancy & Hollibaugh Present Varied Work, Creative & Political |
by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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| Jack Dowling, John Behan, Don James & Amber Hollibaugh. |
| Photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert |
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A trio of Cherry Grove authors, Jack Dowling, Dan Clancy and Amber Hollibaugh, presented their writing, all of it creative, all of it political, to a crowd of Grove "intelligentsia," as one Grovite put it, which packed the firehouse on August 25.
Perhaps better known as a painter than as a writer, Jack began with a short story, "Burke," set in a villa in San Gennello, a fishing village near Sorrento, and in Naples, about a handsome man, once greatly prized by his "patrons," turning 40 and finding his youth and fortune waning. After his encounter with a 16-year-old fisher boy, the village seems to turn against him, forcing him to seek the assistance of a successful Neapolitan, who has little use for him. Something of the spirit of "Death in Venice" and "Suddenly Last Summer" hovered over the piece.
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John Behan, as Tom, and Don James, as James, read Dan's witty and touching play "Should We Dance?" about a gay couple, together 27 years, attending a nephew's wedding, at which they feel almost "invisible." They dish the wedding, debate the wisdom of dancing at it, identify those with whom the blood relative had flings, and reach a decision about asserting their presence.
Introduced by Dan as an "activist, intellectual, [and] writer," Amber read an almost painfully candid excerpt from her book, "My Dangerous Desires," about her identification as a "sexually disruptive woman ... a high femme lesbian," born to mismatched biker parents, who both abused and fascinated her, and growing up impoverished and racially mixed. She was molested by her father and called her mother her "dazzling female icon," who beat her out of "terrible sadness and fury." Early encounters with biker men and boys, who considered her easy, branded her as a "whore," and, later, she worked in "sex trades" to support herself while working in the radical movement. Amber discussed writing, public speaking, demonstrating, and finding her place in the world, as she probed butch-femme lesbian roles.
Jack concluded the afternoon reading "Toes," the short, funny paean of a foot-fetishist.
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